Robert E. Lee Area ceremonies honor Lee as hero
At celebrations held Thursday throughout the Capital City, admirers used the same words to describe the character of the highly regarded military hero and dedicated family man General Robert E. Lee: valiant, heroic and honorable. - (Newsroom)

Ref: Student Charged in Wayne County
State troopers say James Bronson, Jr., 18, of Waymart stole the school's American flag , which was in front of the building, and replaced it with a confederate flag.

The Confederate Alliance
"Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southern man apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance. Our cause was so just, so sacred, that had I known all that has come to pass, had I known what was to be inflicted upon me, all that my country was to suffer, all that our posterity was to endure, I would do it all over again.'' --- President Jefferson Davis

Police: Suspended teen ran up Confederate flag at schoolSOUTH CANAAN TWP. – A suspended Western Wayne High School student was arrested Thursday because police believe he recently replaced his school’s American flag with a Confederate flag, court papers said. The day before the flag swap, 18-year-old James A. Bronson Jr., a senior at the school, was suspended for making racial remarks to several black students in the cafeteria. He also shouted “white power” several times as he left the cafeteria. (reader link)

Confederate Flag Raises Controversy At San Diego Bay - (reader link) Brenda LeSane is appalled it's flying on a private boat – Exodus II.
"What the guys out here call me is a redneck pirate Jew," boat owner Bill Hix said.
That's right, Hix is Jewish, and also flies the Israeli flag. He says he's definitely not racist, showing us a picture of a child he sponsors in Africa.

Plan to Show Confederate Flag Draws Heat
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An organizer of a planned memorial to honor Confederate soldiers who died at an Illinois prison camp says the rebel flag will be displayed at the memorial's dedication, despite opposition. "We consider this an honorable flag. This is a soldier's flag," said Ron Casteel, national chief of staff for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, one of the memorial's planners. "There will be no substitute."
- (whitegoblin)

Alabama Middle School Drops Klan Founder's Name- (June reader link) The Gadsden city school board has voted to stop using the name of Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest as part of a consolidation plan, a move that ends a long-simmering dispute.

Alabama Textile Mill, 161 Years Old, to Shut Down in SeptemberThe mill, located on the banks of the Tallapoosa River about 30 miles east of Montgomery, originally cleaned, spun, wove, bleached and dyed cotton, manufacturing Confederate uniforms and tent material during the Civil War. It was also used as an armory for Confederate troops.

Battle Over Confederate Symbols in Tenn.
A proposal in predominantly black Memphis aims to rename Confederate Park, Jefferson Davis Park and Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, and would place the statues of the two Confederate leaders in museums.

Debunking the Lincoln MythAmerica's Caesar: The Rise and Fall of Republican Government in the United State
America's Lenin
Beheading the Great Messiah: Abe Lincoln was a Ruthless Dictator
Lincoln Versus His "Rightful Masters"
Lincoln Without Rhetoric
Lincoln's Slavery Lacuna
Shattering the Icon of Abraham Lincoln
Stealing an Election: In Maryland, Lincoln needed to elect a new people
What Was the Real Reason for the Civil War?
Why Abraham Lincoln Sucks

NAACP's S.C. Boycott Having Little Impact
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People started the boycott in 2000 to get the Confederate battle flag off the South Carolina statehouse dome.

Vanderbilt U. Loses 'Confederate' Bid
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Vanderbilt University would violate a decades-old contract if it stripped the word "Confederate" from the name of a dormitory built with the help of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a court ruling released Wednesday said.
The heritage group donated a third of the building's cost. In return, the name Confederate Memorial Hall was chiseled into stone over the main entrance.
The state appeals court said Vanderbilt must leave the name intact or pay the group the current value of the $50,000 given when the building was constructed in 1935. It was not immediately clear what that amount would be in today's dollars.

Alabama: Confederacy cheered at Capitol
People gathered around the Confederate Monument on the Capitol lawn and sang "Dixie" to celebrate the state holiday for Confederate Memorial Day. Jeannette Taylor of Springville, a chapter president with the United Daughters of Confederacy, said she came to remember "the most noble army to ever take the field of battle." "Their cause was just," she said. - (Tyrone N. Butts)

Hate Crime! Confederate Veteran's Memorial Vandalized
You might not have realized it, but there is a Confederate Veteran's Memorial in Seattle. And someone just discovered it and ripped it apart. It has stood at the Lakeview Cemetery on Capitol Hill for 80 years. But, two weeks ago, someone pried off a bronze cross, a Confederate seal and a bronze portrait of Robert E. Lee. - (Edelweiss)

Confederate Army Remains to Be ReburiedCHARLESTON, S.C. -- The remains of 21 Confederate soldiers that were recovered from beneath the stands of a military college's football stadium will be reburied next month. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians were buried during the Civil War on the land where The Citadel's stadium now stands.

A Salute To Lee And Jackson - by Chuck Baldwin
January is often referred to as "Generals Month" as no less than four famous Confederate Generals claimed January as their birth month: James Longstreet (Jan. 8, 1821), Robert E. Lee (Jan. 19, 1807), Thomas Jonathan Jackson (Jan. 21, 1824), and George Pickett (Jan. 28, 1825). Two of these men, Lee and Jackson, are especially noteworthy.

Montgomery Confederate marker will stay A monument with a Confederate battle flag on one side will remain in front of the Montgomery Civic Center after the City Council overwhelmingly defeated a resolution to move it. Seven of the nine council members voted against moving the historic marker during their meeting this morning. Councilmen James Nuckles, who sponsored the resolution, and Willie Cook were the only members to vote in favor of moving the monument. The marker, which has been in place since 1979, marks the location of the 1861 offices of the Confederate government and the cabinet of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. - (Rodlaw)

South slowly removing symbols
From renaming Confederate Boulevard in Arkansas to shrinking "Heart of Dixie" on Alabama’s license plate, the South is slowly erasing reminders of its Civil War past for fear of offending tourists and scaring off business.

Unreconstructed
RebelOh,
I'm a good old Rebel,Now
that's just what I am;For
this "fair land of Freedom"I
do not care a damn.I'm
glad I fit against it-I
only wish we'd won.And
I don't want no pardonFor
anything I've done.

Flags of the Confederacy
The Great Seal of the Confederacy, or "Deo Vindice" seal was smuggled
through the Union blockade, along with its pressing equipment, during the war.
It proudly displays the Confederate motto of Deo Vindice, which is Latin for "God
will Vindicate." In keeping with the Southerners belief that their struggle
was continuing the beliefs of America's founding fathers, the seal displays a
mounted General George Washington in the center of the seal. Deo
Vindice links: DV1 | DV2